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Thanks for the post, RD!

From your link there, I found my favorite part of President Bush's speech (and since you already posted Dougie's contribution, I won't repeat that - that was GREAT Dougie!):

Somebody told me the funniest thing. They said, there are some in Washington saying that the tax cut caused the recession. I don't know what economic textbook they're reading. (Laughter.) The best way to come out of a recession is to say to the small business person, we'll let you keep your own money. When we cut taxes on all rates, we said to the sole proprietor or the limited partner, it's your money; you spend it in order to expand the job base in America. (Applause.)

We have priorities in Washington. Defending our homeland is going to be a priority. A strong defense is a priority. But something that shouldn't be a priority is to raise your taxes. There's going to be people who say, we can't have the tax cut go through anymore. That's a tax raise. And I challenge their economics, when they say raising taxes will help the country recover. Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes. (Applause.)

From http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020105/bs/economy_bush_dc_4.html:

Reuters
Saturday January 5 7:31 PM ET
Bush Vows No Tax Increases
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'SPIRIT OF UNITY'
The Republican president also used his Saturday radio address to berate Senate Democrats, led by Daschle, for failing to ``even schedule a vote'' on an economic stimulus package that passed the Republican-led House of Representatives and would cost the federal government $90 billion next year and $214 billion over five years.
``Some in the Senate seem to think we can afford to do nothing, that the economy will get better on its own sooner or later,'' Bush said. ``I say that if your job is in danger or you have a loved one out of work, you want that recovery sooner not later.''
He carefully avoided mentioning Daschle by name all day and refused to take the bait when one man prefaced a question by saying: ``After you make Tommy Daschle go to his room...''